Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Template:Efn is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines.

The IEEE has a corporate office in New York City and an operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey. The IEEE was formed in 1963 as an amalgamation of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

The IEEE traces its founding to 1884 and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In 1912, the rival Institute of Radio Engineers was formed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Although the AIEE was initially larger, the IRE attracted more students and was larger by the mid-1950s. The AIEE and IRE merged in 1963.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The IEEE is headquartered in New York City, but most business is done at the IEEE Operations Center<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Piscataway, New Jersey, opened in 1975.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Australian Section of the IEEE existed between 1972 and 1985, after which it split into state- and territory-based sections.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:As of, IEEE has over 460,000 members in 190 countries, with more than 66 percent from outside the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Publications

IEEE claims to produce over 30% of the world's literature in the electrical, electronics, and computer engineering fields, publishing approximately 200 peer-reviewed journals<ref name="about_IEEE">Template:Cite web</ref> and magazines. IEEE publishes more than 1,700 conference proceedings every year.<ref>Conference Proceedings. ieee.org. Retrieved August 6, 2024.</ref>

The published content in these journals as well as the content from several hundred annual conferences sponsored by the IEEE are available in the IEEE Electronic Library (IEL)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> available through IEEE Xplore<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> platform, for subscription-based access and individual publication purchases.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In addition to journals and conference proceedings, the IEEE also publishes tutorials and standards that are produced by its standardization committees. The organization also has its own IEEE paper format.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Publishing standards

Template:Main article IEEE provides IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors style guide for article's authors and basic templates in Microsoft Word and LaTeX file formats .<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It's based on The Chicago Manual of Style and doesn't cover "Grammar" and "Usage" styles which are provided by Chicago style guideline.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite</ref>

In April 2024 IEEE banned Lenna test images, and stated that they would decline papers containing them.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Technical societies

IEEE has 39 technical societies, each focused on a certain knowledge area, which provide specialized publications, conferences, business networking and other services.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Other bodies

IEEE Global History Network

In September 2008, the IEEE History Committee founded the IEEE Global History Network,<ref name="ieeeghn">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ieeexplore/5385936">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ethw/Oral-Nebeker">Template:Cite web</ref> which now redirects to Engineering and Technology History Wiki.<ref name="ethw/About">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ieeeghn"/>

IEEE Foundation

The IEEE Foundation is a charitable foundation established in 1973<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to support and promote technology education, innovation, and excellence.<ref name="IEEEFound">Template:Cite web</ref> It is incorporated separately from the IEEE, although it has a close relationship to it. Members of the Board of Directors of the foundation are required to be active members of IEEE, and one third of them must be current or former members of the IEEE Board of Directors.

Initially, the role of the IEEE Foundation was to accept and administer donations for the IEEE Awards program, but donations increased beyond what was necessary for this purpose, and the scope was broadened. In addition to soliciting and administering unrestricted funds, the foundation also administers donor-designated funds supporting particular educational, humanitarian, historical preservation, and peer recognition programs of the IEEE.<ref name="IEEEFound" /> As of the end of 2014, the foundation's total assets were nearly $45 million, split equally between unrestricted and donor-designated funds.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Controversies

Huawei ban

In May 2019, IEEE restricted Huawei employees from peer reviewing papers or handling papers as editors due to the "severe legal implications" of U.S. government sanctions against Huawei.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> As members of its standard-setting body, Huawei employees could continue to exercise their voting rights, attend standards development meetings, submit proposals and comment in public discussions on new standards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The ban sparked outrage among Chinese scientists on social media. Some professors in China decided to cancel their memberships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On June 3, 2019, IEEE lifted restrictions on Huawei's editorial and peer review activities after receiving clearance from the United States government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

On February 26, 2022, the chair of the IEEE Ukraine Section, Ievgen Pichkalov, publicly appealed to the IEEE members to "freeze [IEEE] activities and membership in Russia" and requested "public reaction and strict disapproval of Russia's aggression" from the IEEE and IEEE Region 8.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 17, 2022, an article in the form of Q&A interview with IEEE Russia (Siberia) senior member Roman Gorbunov titled "A Russian Perspective on the War in Ukraine" was published in IEEE Spectrum to demonstrate "the plurality of views among IEEE members" and the "views that are at odds with international reporting on the war in Ukraine".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 30, 2022, activist Anna Rohrbach created an open letter to the IEEE in an attempt to have them directly address the article, stating that the article used "common narratives in Russian propaganda" on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and requesting the IEEE Spectrum to acknowledge "that they have unwittingly published a piece furthering misinformation and Russian propaganda."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A few days later a note from the editors was added on April 6<ref name="A Note From The Editors">Template:Cite web</ref> with an apology "for not providing adequate context at the time of publication", though the editors did not revise the original article.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) program of the IEEE Computer Society
• Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering
• Engineering and Technology History Wiki
• Eta Kappa Nu – IEEE HKN Honor society (merged into IEEE in 2010)
• IEEE Standards Association
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK)
• International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
• List of IEEE awards
• List of IEEE conferences
• List of IEEE fellows

External links

• Template:Official website
• IEEE Xplore – Research database and online digital library archive
• IEEE History Center